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CATEGORIES:Linguistics Occasional Talks and Seminars
SUMMARY:The Life History of a Sound Change - Professor Wil
 liam Labov (University of Pennsylvania)
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DESCRIPTION:The study of language changes in progress makes it
  possible to trace the trajectory of change in som
 e detail.  Progress has been made in locating the 
 triggering events that initiate change\;  identify
 ing the driving forces that move change forward\; 
  and accounting for the rising levels of change th
 at ultimately lead to a uniform structure of the s
 peech community. The cases studied will include th
 e series of chain shifts responsible for the growi
 ng diversity of North American dialects\, as refle
 cted in the newly completed Atlas of North America
 n English.
LOCATION:Lady Mitchell Hall\, Sidgwick Avenue
CONTACT:Bert Vaux
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